The Mexican free-tailed bat maternity colony under the I-80 Yolo Causeway is growing daily as they return from wherever they ...

Costa Rica's Corcovado National Park is the perfect destination for families seeking adventure. Here's what to know.

Learning to eavesdrop The new study does not rule out the idea that the mothers of the young bats teach them about frog calls. And a 2022 study found that bats learn navigation from their mothers.

As temperatures soar this summer in Houston, Texas, animals at the city's zoo have been keeping cool. To keep animals cool during the heat, the Zoo's animal care teams come up with refreshing ...

Costa Rica’s government is pushing a controversial bill that could open the entire Cutris district in San Carlos—848 square kilometers—to open-pit gold mining. The proposal, known as bill 24.717, has ...

The staff at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium are also prepared to keep even their wildest creatures cool in this extreme heat. It's a busy day for Assistant Mammal Curator Karen Vacco and all the ...

Mexico and Costa Rica get set to duke it out for first place in Group A of the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, when they meet in the final match of the opening round on Sunday night. Both sides come into ...

Veterinary Assistant Abigail Adams, left, assists Dr. Beth Flax with a dental exam for one of Lee Richardson Zoo’s ring-tailed lemurs at the Animal Health Clinic. COURTESY LRZ BY JOE KNOBBE This ...

Genre films dominate this year’s Tres Puertos Costa Rica, now on its third edition. It runs June 18-23 before the Media Market and the film fest.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have shared a list of the highest-risk countries based on “the presence or absence of rabies in domestic and wild animals, surveillance systems in place, and ...

Studies in Costa Rica have shown that coffee plants germinating from bat-dispersed seeds show greater disease resistance than those from undispersed fruits. These bats disperse seeds primarily at ...

“Bats are very long-lived for their size, and tumors are rarely found in bats,” the authors wrote. That fact alone makes them exceptional. Now, we’re beginning to understand why.